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1. Gouldian finches show us the effects of social conformity

   LJMU scientists have published research that provides a unique opportunity to investigate how personality can be affected by social context.

2. ARI creates simulation of the Universe with realistic galaxies

   An international team of astronomers, including Dr Rob Crain from the LJMU Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI), have developed a simulation of the Universe in which realistic galaxies are created. Astronomers can now use the results to study the development of galaxies from almost 14 billion years ago until now.

3. Conservation breakthrough - Drones could contribute to saving endangered chimpanzees

   A new study has revealed that drones fitted with a standard camera are able to detect chimpanzee nests, saving conservation researchers hours of ground work.

4. Measuring natural capital

   A new study has added evidence to the argument that placing an economic value of goods and services from the natural environment has the potential to achieve sustainable outcomes.

5. Measuring Natural Capital

   The economic value of sustainability

6. Architect Dion sees construction through different lens

   Royal Institute of British Architects judges double LJMU graduate a rising star in architecture

7. Exercise lowers severity and recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF)

   Meta analysis of trials of exercise rehab support wider use to lower impact on patients

8. Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed

   Dr Renske Smit, of the Astrophysics Research Institute, contributed to research in Nature

9. Bonobos share and share alike

   Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups. This behaviour was observed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is documented in a new study in Springer’s journal Human Nature

10. Woman’s skeleton shines light on early peopling of the New World

    A FEMALE skeleton found in Mexico has strengthened the theory that humans originally reached the American continent from different points of origin.